Bush Won't Allow a Nuclear-Armed Iran

ocala ^ | Sep. 5, 2006 | BY BARRY SCHWEID

[RightWhale]

Don't know about this. Didn't like it a month ago, don't like it now. It's got a 'read my lips' smell to it.

[kinghorse]

I do not see our President leaving office before the threat of a nuclear Iran is removed. I'd take him at face value and the Iranians better do likewise. Gotta believe we are busy building inventories and psychology to accept the short term energy dislocation needed to get the job done.

[ArGee]

Memo From: White House To: Iran Administration Date: 9/5/06 Subject: Oops Before I begin, has any of you ever read the book, "Fail Safe?"...

Shalom.

[dawn53]

Why would you say that?

He said we'd go into Afghanistan...we did, and we're still there.

He said we'd go into Iraq...we did, and we're still there.

What about his dealings with that part of the world gives you the sense that it's a "read my lips" moment (as you put it?)

[RexBeach]

I read "Fail Safe." That didn't end well for us nor the Russkies.

[ArGee]

That didn't end well for us nor the Russkies.

I was thinking more of the set-up than the ending. The U.S. dropped a bomb on New York as a way to keep the Soviets from escalating to a full-scale nuclear war. However, we wouldn't have to do that for Tehran. A simple apology would suffice.

Shalom.

[RightWhale]

Iran may already have nukes and have had for a decade. They may have tested a decade ago. The point may be beyond debate.

Also, there is no way to stop Iran from having nukes except by overrunning the country.

The 'dead or alive' talk was supposed to be over.

[Gideon7]

He said we'd go into Afghanistan...we did, and we're still there.

He said we'd go into Iraq...we did, and we're still there.

When this President says he's going to do something, he does.

If I was Amajamadingdong, I'd be worried.

[Uncle Miltie]

"I am not going to allow this to happen," Bush said in a speech on terrorism. "And no future American president can allow it, either."

Baloney. Iran will have nukes. They may already. We have no political will for the consequences of a pre-emptive strike. The left and the internationalist weenies would bring the U.S. to its knees.

I think the real problem is what to do after a nuke with no return address vaporizes Atlanta. What do we do then?

[wolfcreek]

It's got a 'read my lips' smell to it.


I'd have to agree to a certain extent. When are We going to get the "The president of Iran and the mullahs have 48 hours" speech. Right now, these people are playing us and the rest of the world for suckers.

[RightWhale]

He said we'd go into Iraq..

That is pretty far from the way all that actually went down.

[RightWhale]

Yeah, there has to be an ultimatum. That's when it is for real.

[Cobra64]

Do you think W is going to hear a dial tone?

[airborne]

Iran may wait till Bush is out in 08, hoping to get a Dem tool to work with.

[Cobra64]

We have no political will for the consequences of a pre-emptive strike.

Hey, watchit bub. You'll get flamed for an opinion like that. I was flamed because I think most of our politicians are soft on terrorism and are against using all available resources to win the war.

[uncbob]

"I am not going to allow this to happen," Bush said in a speech on terrorism. "And no future American president can allow it, either."

He can start by telling the ASH^%$ from Iran if he comes to this country to address the UN he will be arrested for taking part in taking USA citizens hostage in 79

[Cobra64]

Yeah, there has to be an ultimatum. That's when it is for real.

Ditto that. But not a UN deadline. Those come and go like the sunset. A US mandated deadline. Period.

[gdani]

Have we ever prevented *anyone* from getting The Bomb we didn't want to have it?

[Bon mots]

Yeah, there has to be an ultimatum. That's when it is for real.

I disagree.
There has to be an ultimatum EXPLOSION! That's when it is for real.

That's the only thing they understand.